Stock mine explained

The Stockmine ("stick mine"), also Betonmine ("concrete mine"), was a German anti-personnel stake mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a cylindrical concrete main body on top of a short wooden stake. The concrete head contained a small TNT bursting charge, and was embedded with a number of metal fragments. A fuze is fitted to a central fuze well on the top of the mine. It could be used with a range of fuzes including the ZZ 35, ZZ 42 and ZU ZZ 35 that would trigger on either a tripwire pull or release.

A number of copies of the mine were produced after the war by different countries including the Cuban PMFC-1, the Czechoslovakian PP-Mi-Sb, and the Yugoslavian PMR-2 which is found in Bosnia and Croatia.

Specifications

Stock Mine PMFC-1 PMR-2 PP Mi-Sb
Height
(excluding stake)
165mm150mm180mm (approx)140mm
Diameter 70mm750NaN080mm750NaN0
Weight 2kg (04lb)2kg (04lb)2.2kg (04.9lb)2.1kg (04.6lb)
Explosive content 100g75g of TNT75g of TNT75g of TNT
Operating pressurevariousNaN0NaN030NaN0 pull NaN0NaN0 pull

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